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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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